Madelyn Shackelford Washington

Madelyn Shackelford Washington E-­‐mail: [email protected] Assistant Librarian, University Library of Columbus 4555 Central Ave, LC 1605 / Columbus, IN 47203 / (812) 375-­‐7571 EDUCATION MLS, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, May 2011 MM, Afro Latin Music, Department of Music, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, June 2009 BA, Music Industry Studies, Department of Music, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California, December 2003 EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor, University College, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus, Fall 2013-­‐
Present • Teaches seminar to incoming freshman; solely responsible for course content. • Administers course content in-­‐class and using web conferencing technology. • Evaluated highly by students for stimulating active learning experiences and for demonstrating an interest in their career and academic goals. Assistant Librarian, University Library of Columbus, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University Columbus, March 2012—Present • Tenure-­‐track position at the Assistant Librarian rank. • Writes reports that analyze the quality and efficiency of library services, products and projects. • Uses the Indiana University Information Environment (IUIE) to gather data referring to library collection, size, use and age. • Designs, instructs and schedules classes on topics such as, information literacy, library and technology use. • Assesses student learning and teaching effectiveness in information liteacy workshops. • Designs information literacy tutorials for the library website. • Performs original and complex copy cataloging for the general collection. • Website content manager. • Develops reading, reference and research material through selection and purchase of books, materials and equipment. • Provides research assistance for faculty, students and staff in person, on the phone, chat and via email. • Assists with orientation of new students and student library assistants. • Represents the library on internal committees. • Attends professional conferences, meetings, and continuing education workshops. • Engages in activities that disseminate research. • Regularly prepares and updates libguides and research pathfinders . • Develops training for student library assistants and full-­‐time support staff. • Supervises book repair volunteers. Interim Executive Director, University Library of Columbus, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University Columbus, July 2012—January 2013 • Directed a joint-­‐use library devoted to supporting teaching and learning. • Provided supervision to a library staff of two professional staff and one librarian. • Planned and implemented outreach activities. • Prepared and implemented library assessment activies aligned with institutional mission, vision and goals in connection with an accrediation visit from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). • Maintained a budget of $50,000 for a library of 36,000 print volumes and 271,000 electronic resources. • Provided high level oversite of the development of library policies. • Coordinated the work of the library with community partners to ensure long-­‐term sustainability of digital content and technical infrastructure. • Provided long-­‐term planning for the growth of an innovative outcomes-­‐based information literacy program. • Hired library support staff. Visiting Reference Librarian, University Library of Columbus, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University Columbus August 2011—February 2012 • Developed reading, reference and research material through selection and purchase of books, materials and equipment. • Involved with deselecting library materials. • Provided basic information competency training. • Planned and taught classes on topics such as information literacy, library instruction, and technology use. • Performed basic circulation duties. Cataloger, William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University, May 2011—July 2011 • Performed original and complex copy cataloging for scores and sound recordings (MARC). • Assisted with database maintenance. • Performed quality control for bibliographic holdings and authority records. Metadata Specialist, Digital Library Program, Indiana University, September 2010—July 2011 URL: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/vfrbr/ • Wrote mapping specifications from existing MARC bibliographic and authority records for audio recordings and scores into FRBR-­‐specific data structures. • Assisted with the systematic testing of the output of batch-­‐converted metadata to identify possible improvements in the mapping process. • Wrote specifications for the representation of FRBR-­‐specific data using semantic web technologies (RDF/OWL). • Wrote project documentation. • Promoted scholarly, educational and general use of the collection in collaboration with teaching faculty and digital library personnel. • Promoted use of the collection by publishing a conference paper. • Engaged with music scholars by conducting usability testing of a new discovery interface. AWARDS AND HONORS Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups (2014). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Indiana Librarian Leadership Academy (2013-­‐14). Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. Librarian Scholarship Recipient (2013). Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Full conference registration and $250 stipend. Recipient of Indiana’s Librarians Leading in Diversity Fellowship. Indiana State Library, Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science. Full tuition and $16,000 stipend (2010-­‐ 2011). Special Recognition in Graduate Studies, California State University, Los Angeles (2007-­‐2008). Culver Scholarship in Musicology, California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Music, $500 award (2007). Friends of Music, Founders Scholarship, California State University, Los Angeles, $700 award (2007). MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Consultant/Instructor, Aladanza Primera Escuela de Ballroom Social y Deportivo del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay January 2006—Present
• Maintains business and marketing plans for a pilates and ballroom dance school. • Coordinates annual working budget with school director and staff of seven. • Develops programming for live audiences. • Identifies potential donors and procures gifts. • Grantwriting Proprietor, Souell Productions, Simi Valley, California July 1999—Present Provides management to 14 private contractors for musical (touring and non-­‐touring) productions. • Coordinates agreements between performing arts organizations and concert promotion agencies. • Responsible for all contract negotiations with prospective presenters. • Makes final decisions regarding venues. • Administers performance budgets. • Salary distribution. • Concert program planning. • Fundraising activities. • Website Content Manager. PRESENTATIONS International Conference Presentations Washington, Madelyn. “Describiendo objetos de informacion digital en la diaspora” Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios y la Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba José Martí: Encuentro Científico Bibliotecológico “Información, Conocimiento y Sociedad”. February 20, 2014 [refereed paper] http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4017 Presentation slides available from http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4018 National Conference Presentations “The Detroit Techno Ontology: A Tool for Describing the Digital Diaspora” First Annual Detroit Sound Conservancy Conference, Conserving Sounds: Telling Stories Detroit Public Library. Detroit, Michigan. May 23, 2014 Keynote Speaker “The importance of a liberal arts education.” Spring Speakeasy 2013. Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus, April 12, 2013, Columbus, Indiana Panels Facilitator and moderator for panel in honor of Banned Books Week. Columbus Learning Center, October 3, 2012, Columbus, Indiana Panelist for the Indiana Library Diversity Conference. Indiana State Library, August 24, 2012, Indianapolis, Indiana Invited talks “Women in Afro-­‐Cuban Folk Music”. Lecture-­‐demonstration. FOLK-­‐F 363 Women’s Folklore/Folklife/Folkmusic, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus, October 16, 2014, Columbus, Indiana “Negro Spirituals: African American Folk Music”. Lecture-­‐demonstration. ANTH-­‐E 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folkmusic, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus, March 2014, Columbus, Indiana Campos, A., Washington, M. “The Corrido of the Mexican Revolution”. Lecture-­‐demonstration. SPAN 400 Cultural Representations of the Mexican Revolution, University of Kentucky, March 2014, Lexington, Kentucky “Negro Spirtuals: Groundbreaking Music and Social Change”. Lecture-­‐demonstration. Bartholomew County Public Library, June 25, 2013, Columbus, Indiana “Negro Spirituals and Social Movements”. Lecture-­‐demonstration, SOC-­‐R 495 Topics in Sociology Music and Social Change, Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus, April 3, 2013, Columbus, Indiana “Introduction to Afro-­‐Uruguayan Music”. Guest Lecurer, MUS458 Music of Latin America, California State University, Los Angeles, 2007-­‐2009, Los Angeles, California “Afro-­‐Brazilian Music”. Guest Lecturer. MUS 458 Music of Latin America, California State University, Los Angeles, 2009, Los Angeles, California Webinars Burt, D., Johnson, L.A., & Washington, M. (May 13, 2014) “Progress: Decision Making, Time and Project Management, Delegation, Measuring and Celebrating Achievement”. Indiana Librarian Leadership Academy. CONSULTATIONS Columbia College Hollywood. Library Self-­‐Study External Reviewer. October 2012, 2014, Tarzana, California. CONFERENCES AND TRAINING WORKSHOPS ATTENDED American Library Association Conference and Exhibition: 2012, 2013 American Studies Association Annual Meeting: 2012 Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios y la Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba José Martí: Encuentro Científico Bibliotecológico “Información, Conocimiento y Sociedad”: 2014 Association of College and Research Libraries: 2013 Critical Ethnic Studies Association Conference: 2013 Detroit Sound Conservancy Conference: 2014 Cultural Counterpoints: Examining the Musical Interactions Between the United States of America and Latin America, 2011 Indiana Black Librarians Network Fall Conference: 2011 Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference: 2010 Indiana Librarian Leadership Academy: 2013 Indiana University Librarian’s Day: 2012, 2013, 2014 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color: 2012 Midwest Latin American History Conference: 2013 Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups: 2014 National Flute Association Convention: 2013 Sexual Reputations Conference: 2013 THATCamp Caribe: Humanities and Technology Camp: 2012 The Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting: 2013 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Library Association American Society of Information Science and Technology American Studies Association Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora Black Caucus of the American Library Association Critical Ethnic Studies Association Indiana Black Librarians Network Indiana University Librarians Association International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Latin American Studies Association National Council for International Visitors Reforma The Society for Ethnomusicology SERVICE Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) dh+lib Review, Editor-­‐at-­‐Large, November 2013 California State University, Los Angeles Featured Soloist, Afro Latin Music Ensemble, with special guests Calixto Oviedo, Josiel Perez, Yosmel Montejo, and George Balmaseda. Fundraiser for CSULA Afro Latin Music Studies. Los Angeles, California. January 26, 2014 Featured Recording Soloist, Afro Latin Music Ensemble. “Cobarde” Los Angeles, California, October 20, 2014 Indiana University Libraries Librarian’s Day Committee, (Member) October 2012-­‐2014, (Chair) December 2013-­‐June 2014 Council of Head Librarians, Fall 2012 Indiana University Librarians Association Programs and Social Committee (vice-­‐chair) October 2014-­‐present Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus Executive Committee, May 2014-­‐present Faculty Senate, Fall 2011-­‐ present Faculty Affairs Committee, (Member) Fall 2011-­‐May 2014, (Chair) May 2014-­‐present Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2011-­‐ present Division Heads and Program Directors Committee, Fall 2012 Access Services Library Assistant Search Committee (Chair), Fall 2012 Academic Affairs Committee, Fall 2012 Visiting Librarian Search Committee, Spring 2012 Academic Advisor Search Committee, Spring 2013 Academic Advisor Search Committee, Fall 2013, Spring 2014 National Anthem, IUPUC Commencement (Soloist), 2012, 2013 Book Reviews Washington, Madelyn. (2014). Review of A. Reinders & M. Friejsen’s The E-­‐Factor: Entrepreneurship in the Social Media Age. URL: http://www.infopreneurship.net/archive/2014 Music Reviews Washington, Madelyn. (2013, July 1). Review of Eggūn: the afri-­‐lectric experience, by Omar Sosa. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/omar-­‐sosa-­‐eggun-­‐the-­‐afri-­‐lectric-­‐experience/ Washington, Madelyn. (2013, August 1). Review of Border-­‐free, by Chucho Valdés and the Afro Cuban Messengers. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/chucho-­‐valdes-­‐the-­‐afro-­‐cuban-­‐messengers-­‐border-­‐
free/ Washington, Madelyn. (2013, September 5) Review of Yo, by Roberto Fonseca. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/roberto-­‐fonseca-­‐yo/ Washington, Madelyn. (2013, December 2) Review of Big Stuff: Afro Cuban Holiday, by Venissa Santi. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/venissa-­‐santi-­‐big-­‐stuff-­‐afro-­‐cuban-­‐holiday/ Washington, Madelyn. (2014, April 2) Review of What it is! by The Kahil El’Zabar Quartet URL: http://blackgrooves.org/the-­‐kahil-­‐elzabar-­‐quartet-­‐what-­‐it-­‐is/ Washington, Madelyn. (2014, June 2) Review of Testimony, by Scott Mayo. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/scott-­‐mayo-­‐testimony/ Washington, Madelyn. (2014, July 1) Review of ¡Saoco! The Bomba and Plena Explosion in Puerto Rico, Vol. 1 (1954-­‐1966) and Bomba, Plena and the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico, Vol. 2 (1955-­‐1967), by Various Artists. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/various-­‐saoco-­‐the-­‐bomba-­‐and-­‐plena-­‐explosion-­‐in-­‐
puerto-­‐rico-­‐vol-­‐1-­‐1954-­‐1966-­‐saoco-­‐bomba-­‐plena-­‐and-­‐the-­‐roots-­‐of-­‐salsa-­‐in-­‐puerto-­‐rico-­‐vol-­‐2-­‐
1955-­‐1967/ Washington, Madelyn. (2014, August 4) Review of Peru Maravilloso: Vintage Latin Tropical and Cumbia, by Various Artists. URL: http://blackgrooves.org/various-­‐peru-­‐maravilloso-­‐vintage-­‐latin-­‐tropical-­‐ cumbia/ Graduate School Featured Soloist, Afro Latin Music Ensemble, California State University, Los Angeles International Society for Music Education Conference, Beijing, China, August 2010 Curriculum Steering Committee for the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University. Master of Library Science representative, 2010-­‐2011 Center for Afro Latin Music Studies. Business plan writer and assistant to the department head of Afro Latin Music at California State University Los Angeles, 2007-­‐2008 PUBLICATIONS Article (refereed) Washington, Madelyn. (working paper) “Creating culturally competent collections using the FRBR model” International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies Article (non-­‐refereed) Washington, Madelyn (2013). “Deciding to take an interdisciplinary approach to your education? Here is how you sell it.” ILS Student Experience URL: http://ilsblog.soic.indiana.edu/ Washington, Madelyn. (2013) “Describing diasporan digital information objects.” Afrolatin Project URL: http://afrolatinoproject.org/2013/04/26/describing-­‐diasporan-­‐digital-­‐information-­‐
objects/ URL:http://afrolatinoproject.org/2013/04/26/describiendo-­‐objetos-­‐de-­‐informacion-­‐digital-­‐en-­‐
la-­‐diaspora/ Conference Paper Madelyn Washington, Mark Notess, Jon Dunn. “Taking music metadata from MARC to FRBR to RDF.” DC-­‐ 2011: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, The Hague, Netherlands, 21-­‐23, September 2011 URL: http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/3639/1865 Master’s Thesis "Montevidean candombe and murga: symbolic expressions of dissatisfaction & opposition” (2009) Los Angeles, California State University URL: http://opac.calstatela.edu/record=b2241150~S0a SPECIALIZED SKILLS Library Management Systems Symphony. Day to day copy cataloging and original cataloging of donated items, circulation of library items and report generation. Discovery Interfaces Ebsco Discovery Services, Summon and Primo. Experience teaching and helping users find information using various databases hosted by the Ebsco subscription agent, Proquest product line and an array of other bundled content pools. Course Management Familiarity with the Canvas learning management system as an instructor. Familiarity with Oncourse as a user and instructor. Preliminary experience with Blackboard as a user. Metadata & Cataloging Standards MARC21. Traditional cataloging coursework, experience mapping MARC to other metadata formats for digital library projects. MODS. Experience implementing MODS as the basic descriptive schema for photographic digitization projects, and mapping to MODS from other metadata formats. Dublin Core. Experience using Dublin Core in the Open Archives Initiative environment and in the DSpace repository software. EAD. Metadata coursework. Personal archiving project. VRA Core. Preliminary experience using VRA Core as the schema for a digital image database class project. FRBR & FRAD. Experience implementing, FRBR and FRAD for the Variations/FRBR Project (Variations as a Testbest for the FRBR Conceptual Model). Contributed to a FRBR-­‐specific data model used in the design of a search interface for discovering FRBR specific data. Author or co-­‐author of documentation describing FRBR usage for the Indiana University Digital Library Program. RDA. Preliminary experience using RDA in a Semantic Web setting. Familiar with the RDA Toolkit. Ontology construction using semantic web technologies: RDFS and OWL. Programming & Markup Languages Expertise in XML and related standards, including XSLT, XPath, XQUERY, DTD and W3C XML Schema creation. Knowledge of web technologies including XHTML, CSS, and Javascript Introductory experience Perl scripting. Some use of Perl for CGI scripts. Digital Collections Experience testing the Scherzo application, an openly-­‐accessible search interface for discovering FRBRized data. Familiar with scanning and technology tools. Digital Audio Expertise using Protools, and Logic. Digital Video Familiar with Adobe Premier. Skilled user of DV cameras and related equipment. Web Video Conference Intermediate experience using Adobe Connect to deliver course content and webinars. COURSES TAUGHT Indiana University-­‐Purdue University, Columbus UCOL-­‐U110 First Year Experience Seminar WEBSITE CONTENT MANAGEMENT Souell Productions.URL: http://www.souell.com Our Own Thing. URL: http://www.ourownthing.org Smith-­‐Jackson Arts. URL: http://www.smithjacksonarts.com LANGUAGES Conversational Spanish and Portuguese. Reading knowledge of French and Italian. PERSONAL Soloist: Dramatic Coloratura Soprano, Alto Flute, C Flute, Piccolo Chorister/Soloist: Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers of Los Angeles, 1998-­‐2004 Triathelete